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And building #10, meanwhile . . . . . . is the Model Power "General Electric Building," the identity of which was merrily proceeding to drive me crazy until I -- finally! -- located it in the Walthers catalogue. (I knew I knew that place!) -- Paul

As memory serves me, number 6 is one or another incarnation of what was originally offered in HO (by Model Power, I think?) as the "Ramsey Journal" building -- whose prototype is better known to many as the onetime headquarters for Railroad Model Craftsman. I think it's currently marketed today...

It's a shame that the Golden State gets a comparatively short write-up, but here's its companion piece to the Super Chief article cited earlier: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Golden+State+%28passenger+train%29&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&linktext=Golden%20State...

Jeff -- A Golden State lineup? Now that will be really cool! Nice thing about it is that, Southern Pacific being nowhere near so particular as the Santa Fe when it came to image (as well as in other categories), one was just as likely to see it being powered across Espee by engines in the...

Jeff -- Don't stop! Good stuff! Somewhere in the midst of all the conflicting information, I suddenly remembered exactly why it is that I prefer to take a more free-lanced approach in my modeling. And of how easy it is to step on one's own toes (mine), information-wise. You're quite right...

Ahhh, well . . . but I do wish that Kato could do a little better job of research from time to time. Preferably soon. Case in point: Their much-heralded, long-awaited and (in spite of the nit-picking I'm about to put them through) much more than well worth it model of Santa Fe's Super Chief...

Check out the photo in this link: http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/f-unit_photos/6314_sp-f7a-don_jewell.jpg if you want to see an example of Miles' ideas, all at once! (An Espee F-unit in m.u. with a hood unit at the headend of the third section of a reefer block. If that doesn't give you...

I'm only glad you included the wall in the background as well as the overhead reference shots. I might not have believed they were models otherwise -- at least not at first (or even fifteenth) glance! -- Paul PS There's something about the scene (particularly the torn-up track and the...

Ha! You guys think that's something? Lemme tellya . . . everytime I wash my truck, it rains . . .!! sign1 -- Paul

Sounds like you're ahead of the game with the Prairie. Those standard Bachmanns have been notoriously inconsistent over the years: they either run like dreams or nightmares; you lucked onto one of the dreams. As regards the F units, the problem might be nothing more than more break-in time...

Bachmann's Prairie -- as I remember from 20 years ago -- didn't come with a working light. I doubt it's changed since. -- Paul

My two cents (with adjustments for inflation) Jacob -- Two things to bear in mind: (1) This is your first layout; you don't have to get everything exactly "right" (which you won't anyway -- nobody ever does). The main thing you want do, in order, is have fun and learn. (2) Whatever...

Atlas was one of the first to cave. Athearn, et al . . . even Walthers in their catalogues are very careful to delineate "licensed" usage. The part that probably galls me the most, of course, is UP's (and CSX's) application of this licensing requirement to the "fallen-flag" railroads they've...

Andrew -- I do love it when David nails Goliath. Ah but then, as my memory of Scottish history serves me, the Clan McDonald has never been exactly your run-of-the-mill "David . . ." -- Paul

zedob -- Whether UP legally has the right has never been adequately challenged in the courts, as the railroad's previous targets have all done a very complete job of knuckling under. (The fact is that such lawsuits are extremely -- ha! to say the least, expensive! -- to defend, and most...

Owen -- A good rule of thumb -- particularly when you're running passenger equipment -- is to go with as wide a minimum curve radius as possible. Even with equipment that's advertised as being able to handle smaller radii, performance (and appearance!) is a whole lot better with broader...

Mark -- Bearing in mind that our ideas of what constitutes "rural" may be at more than a slight divergence, I still have to say that the brewery in this link strikes me as far more 'cottage industry' than the MP version. http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/555-203 -- Paul

If you haven't already done so, might I suggest that you contact Chris White at http://www.redstarrailways.com . He was profiled in a recent issue of Model Railroader magazine (my apologies if I'm telling you things that have already been long obvious to you) with his Soviet railway-inspired...

Even prototype steamers were designed to have a certain amount of "slop," particularly with their drivers, which were rigid. A steam locomotive actually navigates even the most gradual of curves in a series of very short "straight" movements. Paul